How common are repainted cars?
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:07 pm
Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum. I've been looking at the Caprices for about a month or so. Originally wanted to get a GTO or G8, but the prices are too rich for my blood considering the miles on most of the cars now. I didn't know about the Holden Caprices until a few years back when I saw a police cruiser on the side of the road.
Anyway, I went and looked at one on Craigslist that was black and had some body panel damage. Once I started looking at the car, I could tell the entire thing had been repainted. It had clear coat peeling in several spots, chips that were just painted over, so I knew it was a bad paint job. I was told it had no holes drilled it in. Well.... someone had literally filled a quarter sized hole with bondo in the trunk lid, and on both side of the quarter panel, and where the spot light was on the A-pillar. The bondo had shrunk and started cracking. The car was an obvious pass for me.
I'm just curious how many of your cars have been repainted before you got them? Being that they were police cars, I would expect a lot of them to have some panels repainted. I was really hoping to buy the car but I just can't do it after seeing the shoddy body work.
Anyway, I went and looked at one on Craigslist that was black and had some body panel damage. Once I started looking at the car, I could tell the entire thing had been repainted. It had clear coat peeling in several spots, chips that were just painted over, so I knew it was a bad paint job. I was told it had no holes drilled it in. Well.... someone had literally filled a quarter sized hole with bondo in the trunk lid, and on both side of the quarter panel, and where the spot light was on the A-pillar. The bondo had shrunk and started cracking. The car was an obvious pass for me.
I'm just curious how many of your cars have been repainted before you got them? Being that they were police cars, I would expect a lot of them to have some panels repainted. I was really hoping to buy the car but I just can't do it after seeing the shoddy body work.